Question 7 results graphic: 49.4% yes, 50.6% no statewide, with close votes in Hull, Avon and Stoughton Decided by a handful of votes Question 7, the statewide “starter homes” ballot measure, lost by about 32,000 votes out of roughly 2.5 million cast, 50.6% to 49.4%. It was the tightest of all nine ballot questions, and the AP didn’t call it until Friday, three days after Election Day. Here on the South Shore, some towns came down to a few hundred votes, or fewer. Hull voted
